Mop.



PATENTED MAY 14. 1907. J. E.HULSE. I

MOP.

' A PPLIOATION run]: we. 22. 1906.

' [NI ENT Ia Altorney I nrrnn STATES PATEN FFICE.

JEROME E. HUESEFEF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

MOP.

No. 853,793. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 22,1906. Serial No. 331.648.

Patented. May 14, 1907'.

faces of the parallel portions of the frame in which are formed said slots. F designates a spring which is bent at its longitudinal center to form a loop F, and thence bent into coils F each of which bears against the bot- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEROME E. HULSE, a j citizen of the United States, residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of j New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops; and I do heretom of a recess H. formed in the outer face of by declare the following to be a full, clear, j said bar, while the ends of the spring extend and exact description of the invention, such 1 into the shank portion of said frame, where as will enable others skilled in the art to they are securely anchored by the end of the which it appertains to make and use the handle of the mop which is inserted in said same, reference being had'to the accompanyshank. One of said rollers D is provided ing drawings, and to the letters and figures of with a crank arm (1, to the end of which is reference marked thereon, which form a part pivotally connected a handle N having an of this specification. eye N at the free end thereof which is de- This invention relates to new and useful signed to engage a resilient hook O fixed to improvements in mop heads, and the object i the handle, as clearly shown in the side eleof the invention is to produce a simple and vation of the drawings, said eye being adapt- -ed to engage the hook, the resiliency of which efiicient device of this nature comprising, in connection with the spring-pressed wringer holds the same rigidly when it is desired to 1 hold the rollers from rotation. l/Vhen the rollers which form a part of the head and between which the mop may be wrung, the prohandle is desired for use in rotating the wringer rollers, the same may be loosened vision of a fixed and a pivotal locking jaw, whereby the ends of the mop may be securely from the hook by pulling the same away from the head of the mop, and swung around held, and so arranged that the same may be readily removed when desired for any purinto the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings. At one end of the frame pose.

' The invention comprises various other deis a fixed jaw Q having teeth Q projecting tails of construction and combinations and from the inner face thereof and adapted to engage apertures formed in the ends of the arran ements of parts which will be herein-, after 'ully described and then specifically demop.

S designates a pivotal jaw having a flange fined in the appended claims.

1 illustrate my invention in the accompaprojecting therefrom at right angles adnying drawings, in which: jacent to its edge, and each angled end I of Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved thetpivotal jaw is provided with a recess 1 mop, showing the handle for operating the adapted to receive the angled ends J. of the wringers, locked to prevent the rollers from pivotal spring-dogs J which are mounted rotating. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the upon the arms of said frame adjacent to the end of the mop, showing the jaws open and outer ends thereof. The extreme ends of the ends of the mop detached therefrom. the arms carrying said dogs are recessed, as Fig. 3 is an edge view, and Fig. 4. is a cross at T, for the reception of the angled ends of sectional view. through the jaws, showing one the dogs, the recesses in the ends of the pivjaw in dotted lines, open.

otal jaw and said arms being adapted to reg- Reference now being had to the details of ister with each other when the jaws are the drawings by letter, A designates the closed, in which positions they are locked by frame of the head which has two parallel the angled ends of the arms which are provided with elongated slots registering recesses. A, and a shank portion B adapted to receive In applying the mop to the frame, it is a handle C. passed between the rollers and the ends of D and D designate wringer rollers having the mop, which are provided with apertures,

spindle ends which are mounted in said elonare caught over the teeth which project at gated slots. The spindles of the roller 1) are right angles upon the fixed jaw of the frame, held against the ends of said slots by means and the pivotal jaw swung closed and locked, of the roller D against which the angled ends in which position against the ends of said teeth and hold the of a bar E bear, which angled ends are pos1- i tioned within said slots. The bar E has ends of the mop securely. When it s deshoulders E which bear against the inner sired to wring the mop, the handle is dethe flange thereof will bear.

dogs engaging said ITO and provided with.

tached fromits resilient retaining hook and thrown out to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, in which it may be utilized for causing the mop to be wrung by its being turned back and forth between the wringer rollers. The spring bearing against the bar will securely hold the wringer rollers so that the mop will be clamped thereby.

From the foregoing, it will be noted that by theprovision of a mop head made in accordance with my invention, a simple and efficient device is afforded whereby the mop may be securely held by the fixed and pivotal jaws, while the same may be readily wrung by simply turning the handle back and forth. When the handle the wringer rollers back and made to securely locking the rollers from rotation.

What I claim is 1. A mop head comprising a frame having arms provided with slots, wringer rollers having spindles mounted in said slots, a bar aving angled ends mounted in said. slots and bearing against the spindles of one of said rollers, a spring bearing yieldingly against said bar, a fixed jaw at one end of said frame teeth, a pivotal jaw mounted upon said. arms, and spring-dogs mounted upon said arms and having angled ends which are designed to engage registering recesses formed in the two jaws, whereby the latter may be held locked together, as set forth.

2. A mop head comprising a frame having arms provided with slots, wringer rollers having spindles mounted in said slots, a bar having angled ends mounted in said slots and bearing against the spindles of one of said rollers, a spring bearing yieldingly against is not utilized for causing to rotate, it may be swung engage the hook, thereby i l l i I l 1 said bar, a fixed jaw at one end of said frame and provided with teeth at right angles therefrom, said. arms having recesses in the ends thereof, a pivotal jaw having angled ends which are pivotally conneetml to said arms, the ends of said pivotal jaw having recesses adapted, as the pivotal jaw is swung against said teeth, to register with the recesses in the ends of said arms, and springdogs mounted upon the arms and having angled ends designed to engage said registering recesses, as set forth.

3. A mop head comprising a frame having arms provided with slots, wringer rollers having spindles mounted in said slots, a bar having angled ends mounted in said slots and bearing against the spindles of one of said rollers, a spring bearing yieldingly against said bar, a fixed jaw at one end of said frame and provided with teeth at right angles therefrom, said arms having recesses in the ends thereof, a pivotal jaw having angled ends which are pivotally connected to said arms, the ends of said pivotal jaw having recesses adapted, as the pivotal jaw is swung against said teeth, to register with the recesses in the ends of said arms, and springdogs mounted upon the arms and having angled ends designed to engage said registering recesses, the outer swinging edge of said pivotal jaw having an angled llange adapted to extend over the ends of said teeth when the jaws are held together, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JEROME E. .llUIiSE.

Vitnesses LEOPOLD MINKIN, SHUMAN J. HAYs. 

